The head of a Tunisian opposition party, Lotfi Mraihi, who has announced his intention to run in a presidential election set for October 6th, has been arrested by police on suspicion of money laundering. According to politicians and local media, Mraihi, the leader of Republican Union Party, and one of the most prominent critics of President Kais Saied, was arrested late on Wednesday. Tunis court spokesman said earlier this week that Mraihi faces charges of money laundering and opening bank accounts abroad without a license from the central bank.
UN envoy Staffan de Mistura arrived in Algeria for talks with the Polisario Front, a pro-independence movement for Western Sahara,
Hundreds of Tunisians rallied in Tunis on Friday, protesting against what they describe as increasing repression ahead of Sunday’s
Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan met with Mauritanian Foreign Minister Mohamed Salem Merzoug in Paris on October 3, during the
Libya resumed full oil production on Thursday, bringing an estimated 700,000 barrels per day back to the global market
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